Microsoft said its new videogame "Halo: Reach" racked up $200 million in global sales on its launch day, building strong momentum for the November debut of the Xbox 360 maker's new gaming system.Full story

The run-up to “Grand Theft Auto IV” has been considerably less ballyhooed than last year’s over-the-top “Halo 3” debut. Yet when “GTA IV” parks on store shelves on April 29, it could be the most lucrative launch in entertainment history — and one that many people may not even know about. Full story

Gaming fan Jim Cush , dressed as the character Master Chief from the Xbox 360 video game "Halo 3", purchases his copy of the game during a midnight sales event in New York September 25, 2007. Microsoft Corp began its midnight sales of "Halo 3," the acclaimed alien shooter game that it hopes will wid

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, right, hands over an autographed copy of Halo 3 to the first customer Ritesh David, 17, of Bellevue, Wash., at the midnight release of Halo 3 video game for the Microsoft Corp. Xbox 360 at the Best Buy store in Bellevue, Wash., on Tuesday September 25, 2007. Hundreds o